Making a Turks Head Knot

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Hopefully this thread will illustrate how to make a turks head knot.

Start with 4 leather strands, moisten them with some water so that they are damp:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk1.jpg

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Fold one of the straps over onto itself:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk2.jpg

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Fold the second strap over the first and over itself, forming a second loop:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk3.jpg

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Fold the third strap over the second forming another loop:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk4.jpg

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Fold the fourth strap over the third and pass it through the loop created by the first strap:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk5.jpg

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Pull all the loops tight:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk6.jpg

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Loosen one of the straps by pushing an awl up through and out of the middle of the tightened loops:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk7.jpg

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Take one of the straps, pass it under its neigbour and up through the hole you have created:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk8.jpg

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Continue to do this with the remaining straps, passing them under their neighbour and up through the middle:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk9.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk10.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk11.jpg

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Pull the final strap tight and voila!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk12.jpg

[Kevin Massey]

cracking thread:supz: very well illistrated aswell Hattie:!:

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Thanks! Hopefully its of use to someone. I found Turks heads a complete mystery until I saw one done!

FHF

[Kentish Falconry]

Thanks! Hopefully its of use to someone. I found Turks heads a complete mystery until I saw one done!

FHF

Phillip Glasier once promised to show me how to do it properly (make a Turks head knot that is) but when I reminded him he said he had joined a craft club and that I should join it and all would be revealed I told him I could not see him basket weaveing and he said not that sort of Craft Club it's a "Can't Remember Any Fuc*ing Thing" Club and walked off laughing he was dead within the year GRHS

[Argee]

This is how to stop a rope fraying and or a 'stop end '..
The 'reverse splice ' is also known as 'dogs coque' on the quay side ..
just thought you might like to know ... No!!!!!!
okay then .. :rolleyes:
(*v*) ...

[Fawkes]

Well done FHF! I have been tying these on my hoods for a while now, but could never seem to get them tight with any consistency - didn't realise you pulled them tight before stringing them up the middle! Thanks!

[Nigg]

[QUOTE=FlameHairedFalconer;386118]Pull the final strap tight and voila!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v703/Hattie74/turk12.jpg[/QUOT
Excellent demo off a wall and crown knot.

[BasLouwMan]

Thnx, i'm going to try it on my first homemade hood...

What's the lenght of the straps?

[FlameHairedFalconer]

Thnx, i'm going to try it on my first homemade hood...

What's the lenght of the straps?

It depends on how I'm feeling, as if the final plume is too long for your tastes you can always trim them.

I suppose as a guide, for me, I would do a minimum of 4 inches long and then trim to size.

FHF

[Ostringer]

Thats great thanks alot:) :heart:

[Bones]

excerlent thread

PAUL

[WolfTalons]

great instructive.
made sence with the first look.(meaning i didnt have to stare at the screen for hours till i played sponge and absorbed)

[Markus]

Thanks FHF I've been trying to find out how to tie this knot for ages, prill thread.
Thanks again Mark. :supz:

[ToddTom]

that is gr8 i have been at that knot for hours in the pass and still never got. just had a go on a unfinished hood and got it fist time :D:D atb tom

[BeetleBasher]

How fabulously logical! I think I might get it this time!

[Fergie768]

sorry if this is a daft question but what is it used for is it just to put the tassels on the hood

[Grovsey]

sorry if this is a daft question but what is it used for is it just to put the tassels on the hood
its for you to hold it when your putting the hood on the birds and taking it of .
a good tip for u is once you have done the knott damp it and then with a dowel ,place the knott on the edge of a table and tap it and this will make it rounder :yawinkle: